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CONFIDENTIAL
PRIORITY PEKING
PRIORITY
COPY HONG KONG GOVERNOR
UK/PRC Air Services:
Letter from Stevens (DOT) to Lu Ruiling
one telne
Pelno
As indicated in Pe0-Telegram
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to Hong Kong the draft
proposed in our Telecom 214 now needs more substantial
amendment to reflect the fact that we are not now
prepared to bring matters to a head with CAAC.
Subject to any comments from Hong Kong to be received
not later than 28 June
June]
we suggest that the first two
telno
paragraphs of the letter in our Telegram 214 need no
amendment beyond a reference to the Chinese note of
2 June in the first sentence. Paragraphs 3 and 4 might
then be replaced by the following text
"3
We look forward to the resolution of
this matter as soon as possible and I should
therefore like to take this opportunity to
confirm the invitation I extended to you
at our meeting in March to resume our
discussions in London in the early Autumn.
For this purpose I would propose the week
commencing 18 October, and should be pleased
to learn shortly whether this would be
convenient to you and your colleagues.
4 Meanwhile, since we have no wish to
inconvenience passengers during the summer
season I have arranged for CAAC's permits for
services to Tianjin and Nanjing to be extended
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.